Definition of chip

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • chip is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
  • chip is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
  • chip is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of chip


  • the act of chipping something (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. chipping
    2. splintering
  • a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. poker chip
  • electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. micro chip
    2. microchip
    3. microprocessor chip
    4. silicon chip
  • a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. check
  • (golf) a low running approach shot (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. chip shot
  • a piece of dried bovine dung (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. buffalo chip
    2. cow chip
    3. cow dung
  • break off (a piece from a whole) (verb)

    Examples

    1. Her tooth chipped

    Synonyms

    1. break away
    2. break off
    3. chip off
    4. come off
  • a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. crisp
    2. potato chip
    3. saratoga chip
  • cut a nick into (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. nick
  • a small fragment of something broken off from the whole (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. bit
    2. flake
    3. fleck
    4. scrap
  • break a small piece off from (verb)

    Examples

    1. chip the glass
    2. chip a tooth

    Synonyms

    1. break off
    2. cut off
    3. knap
  • a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line (noun)
  • form by chipping (verb)

    Examples

    1. They chipped their names in the stone
  • play a chip shot (verb)

See definition of chip in Merriam Webster